Carex phaeocephala
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Carex phaeocephala | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
Section: | Carex sect. Ovales |
Species: | C. phaeocephala
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Binomial name | |
Carex phaeocephala |
Carex phaeocephala is a species of sedge known by the common name dunhead sedge.
Distribution
This sedge is native to much of western North America, from Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows from foothills to high elevation habitats, including areas of alpine climate, generally in rocky soils.
Description
Carex phaeocephala produces dense clumps of stems up to about 45 centimeters in maximum height with several narrow, channeled leaves up to about 20 centimeters long.
The dense or open inflorescence contains several spikes of flowers. Female flowers have scales which are greenish or brown-orange with narrow pale edges. The perigynium covering the fruit has a dark center and greenish margins.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment – Carex phaeocephala
- Flora of North America
- Carex phaeocephala – Photo gallery
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs
- Carex
- Alpine flora
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of California
- Plants described in 1906
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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